Former Senate President David Mark has left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), blaming unresolved internal problems in the party. He made this known in a resignation letter sent to his ward chairman in Otukpo, Benue State.
Mark said he was disappointed by how the PDP had changed over the years.
“The party is no longer what it used to be. Internal issues have weakened it and embarrassed it in public,” he wrote.
He added, “Even when many people left the PDP after we lost the 2015 election, I stayed and remained loyal. But now, after talking with my family, friends, and political allies, I’ve decided to join the National Coalition of Political Opposition Movement. We want to save Nigeria and protect our democracy.”
On Tuesday night, Mark was named Interim National Chairman of a new opposition platform backed by the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, once close to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was also appointed Interim National Secretary.
The new coalition wants to unite opposition parties to remove President Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general election.
However, the APC says it is not worried. The party’s Acting National Chairman, Ali Bukar Dalori, told the BBC that the coalition poses no threat.
“We’re not afraid of them. Their politics is only known in Abuja, and they sit in hotels planning. When they lose, they run away. Nobody outside Abuja even talks about them,” Dalori said.
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He added that APC already has the support of the people because it was formed through a strong merger of political parties.
“They [the coalition] have nothing to offer. Nigerians are not buying what they’re selling.”